McCracken, Dr. Cireo McAfee, House
Why it's listed
Built in 1924 on a residual lot of 2.96 acres along the Charlotte Highway in Fairview, this two-story frame house follows the American Foursquare form, with a center-hall, double-pile plan, a hip-roofed front dormer, and deep porches across the front and west side. Dr. Cicero McAfee McCracken, a physician from Haywood County, practiced in Fairview from 1896 until his death in December 1942. He served on the Fairview School Board from 1913 to 1929 and on the Buncombe County Board of Health from 1918 to 1924. The house, together with a frame office and garage built by four local builders, served as his home and workplace from its construction until his death. The interior remains largely as built, with oak floors, plaster walls and original two-panel doors. The house is significant mainly for its association with his long medical career and his civic and church leadership in the community.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the house is important to the history of Fairview and Buncombe County as the home and office of a long-serving country doctor who practiced in the community for about four and a half decades. It states the house is the major surviving building associated with his career and was a center of his leadership in church, school board, county health board and profession.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 95001066, listed September 1, 1995. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v1.1-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 1384 Charlotte Hwy., Fairview |
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| County | Buncombe County |
| Listed | September 1, 1995 |
| Reference number | 95001066 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | 1924-1942 |
| Architect / builder | Bob Oates (builder); Andy Wright (builder); George Fite (builder); Jay Hill (builder) |
| Architectural style | Foursquare |
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| Areas of significance | Health/Medicine |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Well preserved; the house is occupied by the owner's family and the former office is used as a rental dwelling, per the document's description of later use. |
| Acreage | 3 |
| Coordinates | 35.52457, -82.40934 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary for a privately owned home: it does not by itself restrict what an owner may do with their own money, and it does not require public access. Restrictions come from local landmark or historic-district ordinances, which are separate (how they differ).
Owner-occupied houses are not eligible for the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit, which applies to income-producing buildings, but many states offer credits for homeowners. Listing also opens the door to preservation easements and to buying a plaque. Start with what listing means for homeowners, renovating a listed house and selling one.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 95001066.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q18154240
- This listing as JSON
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